The Curriculum
Here’s what’s inside the pages of The Portable Seminary.
1. The Doctrine of Scripture
Introduction • Revelation • The Inspiration of Scripture • The Authority of Scripture The Canon of Scripture
2. Biblical Languages
Hebrew • Aramaic • Greek
3. Interpreting Scripture
Hermeneutics • Exegesis
4. The Doctrine of God the Father
The Biblical Concept of God • The
Attributes of God • God’s
Work: Creation
God’s Work: Providence • God’s Agents
5. The Doctrine of God the Son
Jesus of Nazareth • New Testament Christology • Atonement
6. The Doctrine of God the Holy Spirit
The Spirit in the Old Testament • The Spirit in the New Testament
7. The Doctrines of Humanity and Sin
What It Means to Be Human • A Biblical View of Sin
8. The Doctrine of Salvation
The Biblical Idea • The Comprehensiveness of Salvation • Salvation in the New Testament
9. The Doctrine of the Church
The Church: Definition, Marks, Biblical History • The
Church:
Nature, Ministry, Mission
10. The Doctrine of Last Things
Topics of Eschatology • The Millennium: Three Views
11. Background to the Old Testament
Physical, Cultural, Literary Settings • Literature
12. A Survey of the Old Testament
The Pentateuch • The Historical Books • The Poetical Books • The Prophets
13. Between the Testaments
Introduction to the Intertestamental Period • Introduction to the Apocrypha
14. Background to the New Testament
Historical Survey • Socioeconomic Aspects of Palestinian Judaism • Jewish Religious Practices and Beliefs • Religious and Socioeconomic Aspects of the Hellenistic World
15. A Survey of the New Testament
Gospels and Acts • Epistles of Paul • General Epistles • Revelation
16. Apologetics
Clarifying Truth-Claims • Introduction to Apologetics • Arguments for the Existence of God • The Problem of Evil • It’s All Relative— or Is It?
17. World Religions
Zen Buddhism • Vedanta Hinduism • Islam • Judaism • African
Traditional Religions
The New Age Movement • Atheism • New
Religious Movements • How Does Christianity Fare at the Religious
Roundtable?
18. The Christian Church: The First 500 Years
Introduction and Overview • Christianity in the Roman Empire
19. The Church in the Middle Ages
The Rise of the Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches • The Medieval Idea of ‘‘Christian Empire’’ • Decline of the Church
20. Reform and Revival
The Reformation •Puritanism •Great Awakenings
21. Christianity as a Worldwide Phenomenon, 1750–1950
Latin America •Asia •The Pacific Basin •Africa
22. The Church After 1950
Evangelicalism • The Pentecostal Movement • The
Modern
Ecumenical Movement
23. Introduction to Missiology
A Biblical Theology of Mission • A
History of Missions •
Intercultural Communication • Mission Trends and Strategies
24. Christian Leadership
The Task of Leadership • A Theology of Volunteerism
25. Christian Ethics
Doctrine and Ethics •A Biblical Foundation • Christian
Social
Ethics • Christian Ethics and Poverty
26. Christian Education
Defining Christian Education • Learning Styles • Cross-Cultural
Perspectives • Christian Formation
Glossary
Endnotes
Subject Index
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